Nate Robertson

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Ex-White Sox farmhand Chris Young crushed a game-winning homer as the Diamondbacks beat the Giants 4-3 in 10 innings. Young, who was acquired in the Javier Vazquez trade in Dec. 2005, hammered an 0-1 pitch from Kevin Correia over the wall in center. It was bittersweet day for Braves journeyman Buddy Carlyle, who tossed a one-hitter over seven innings to earn his second major-league win, 3-1 over the Marlins in the opener of a doubleheader. His reward? A trip to Triple-A Richmond.

Entering Saturday, the Cubs were 16-8 when Felix Pie played and 11-24 when he didn't. Manager Lou Piniella was slow to acknowledge Pie's value, even if he did have veterans in front of him. ... Make it 426 career starts without a no-hitter for Curt Schilling, who got within one out of one before Shannon Stewart's single on Thursday. That's a lot, but not 690, which was Roger Clemens' count entering his 2007 debut Saturday. ... Nothing in baseball is less predictable than relief pitching, as the White Sox and Cubs have been reminded daily in recent weeks.

THREE UP Albert Pujols' three-run double, one of his three hits with four RBIs, highlighted a four-run fifth inning as the Cardinals rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Padres 6-5. Pujols is hitting .359. Rookie Evan Longoria hit his first grand slam in a five-run sixth as the Rays won their second straight over Toronto 6-4. Longoria's blast came on the 10th pitch of the at-bat off Roy Halladay. Former Brave Willie Harris had three hits, two RBIs, a stolen base, three runs and a diving catch of a line drive in center field to end the game as the Nationals beat the Braves 8-2. THREE DOWN Randy Wolf pitched on the road, which is not good for the Padres.

American League Angels: DH Vladimir Guerrero was a late scratch as a precautionary measure after he complained of stiffness in his left knee, where he was hit by a pitch on Saturday. Twins: Alexi Casilla was out of the lineup after bruising his left foot during an at-bat on Saturday. Tigers: Pitcher Dontrelle Willis (anxiety disorder) is scheduled to make a rehab start for Triple-A Toledo on Monday. Jeremy Bonderman (blood clot) and Nate Robertson (elbow) both made rehab appearances for the Mud Hens on Saturday.

Cardinals catcher Gary Bennett had no hard feelings after getting hit in the head by an Aaron Harang fastball Tuesday, but his manager, Tony La Russa, wants stiffer penalties for headhunters. "It's accidental because he didn't mean to hit him, but he meant to throw the ball up and in, and that's a very dangerous thing," La Russa said Wednesday, a day after calling for a two-week suspension for a first-time offender, a month for the second offense and a full season for a third. And that goes for his pitchers too. "If our guy does it, I yell, 'Get it down or you're out of there,' " La Russa said.

John Fahey, the new president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, criticized Major League Baseball on Wednesday, saying the sport was resisting George Mitchell's recommendation to transfer drug testing to an independent organization. "Professional baseball's response to Sen. Mitchell's report is baffling," Fahey said in a statement. "To suggest that it might continue to keep its anti-doping testing program in-house ... is demeaning to Sen. Mitchell and the congressional committees who view doping as a serious threat to public health."